Runcinia is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875.[2] The former R. elongata is a synonym of Thomisus elongatus.[3]

Runcinia
Runcinia acuminata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Runcinia
Simon, 1875[1]
Type species
R. grammica
(C. L. Koch, 1837)
Species

27, see text

Species

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As of July 2022 it contains 27 species, found mostly in Africa and east Asia, with a few exceptions:[1]

In synonymy:

  • R. advecticia (Simon, 1909, T from Plancinus) = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875)
  • R. affinis Simon, 1897 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875)
  • R. albostriata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875)
  • R. annamita Simon, 1903 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875)
  • R. cataracta Lawrence, 1927 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875)
  • R. cerina (C. L. Koch, 1845) = Runcinia grammica (C. L. Koch, 1837)
  • R. chauhani Sen & Basu, 1972 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875)
  • R. cherapunjea (Tikader, 1966, T from Thomisus) = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875)
  • R. littorina Lawrence, 1942 = Runcinia flavida (Simon, 1881)
  • R. proxima Lessert, 1919 = Runcinia flavida (Simon, 1881)
  • R. proxima Millot, 1941 = Runcinia flavida (Simon, 1881)
  • R. sangasanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875)
  • R. sjostedti Lessert, 1919 = Runcinia johnstoni Lessert, 1919

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Runcinia Simon, 1875". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1875). Les arachnides de France. Paris 2. pp. 1–350.
  3. ^ Tikader, B. K. (1971). "Revision of Indian crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India. 15 (8): 25.